John Fitzgerald Kennedy

United States
29 May 1917 // 22 Nov 1963
Statesman

Quotes



And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays